Re: HTML 5 (sic) and A11y

apologies
a clarification of one point
 i wrote:
"While the commit then review may be a useful method for the development of
new features"

I meant to say:

While the commit then review on an unversioned docuemnt may be a useful
method for the development of new features it does not follow that it is a
good method for the authoring practices that accompany features.
While the brower vendors may control what is implemented , they do not and
should not control the authoring conformance requirements associated with
imlementations.

regardes
stevef

On 24 January 2011 13:10, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think authoring conformance requrements are not served well by the living
> standard  model, there is no certainty over the  rules that authors should
> follow.
> also including things that are half-baked (hgroup springs to mind) in a
> standard can potentially mislead developers,  waste time thier time and
> undermine the concept of web (authoring) standards.
>
> While the commit then review may be a useful method for the development of
> new features, it does not follow that it is a good method for the authoring
> practices that accompany features.
>
> regards
> stevef
>   On 24 January 2011 12:59, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>wrote:
>
>> On 24/01/2011 11:39, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>> > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:21:39 +0100, Joshue O Connor
>> > <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote:
>> >> Yes, but from an a11y focus. The lack of vendor involvement in the spec
>> >> development, and this latest move will make the resolution of issues
>> >> such as <canvas> etc much harder. We shall see if this is the case in
>> >> time, I guess.
>> >
>> > Vendors not being involved sounds like the real problem here. And
>> > historically snapshot-based specifications have not helped with that.
>>
>> Exactly. I guess there is little we can do about it at this point.
>>
>> > Witness some of the accessibility features added in HTML4. You have to
>> > design something that all parties are interested in supporting. (Just
>> > stating some general observations here; not trying to say anything about
>> > <canvas> as frankly I am not too familiar with the current state of
>> > affairs.)
>>
>> Also agreed, in fact is it just as well if something isn't explicitly an
>> "accessibility thing" just something that works for lots of diverse
>> users. There is much in the spec that is very welcome, and will make the
>> web more accessible, I'm just not convinced the current development is
>> the best move.
>>
>> Anyway, we shall see.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> with regards
>
> Steve Faulkner
> Technical Director - TPG
>
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>
>


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Steve Faulkner
Technical Director - TPG

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